COLONIAL FIRST STATE

Financial planning

Colonial First State Global Asset Management has become the latest domestic financial services organisation to sign up for the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible ...

Financial planning

Colonial First State has established a US$1 billion Euro Commercial Paper Program for its Wholesale Geared Share Fund, enabling the fund to borrow outside Australia for t...

Financial planning

Funds investing in local and global property securities and blend-style share funds were the dominant players among Australian managed funds launched during the past 12 m...

Financial planning

St George Wealth Management has selected 11 fund managers to join its preferred partners program, announcing in the process that it has scrapped a controversial up-front ...

Funds management

Australia’s ageing population is fuelling an upswing in the popularity of listed property funds, with 81 per cent of advisers having placed investments in the asset class...

Financial planning

Aviva has signalled it is on the acquisition trail with a senior appointment to look after future deals....

Financial planning

Macquarie Margin Lending has launched a new investment loan aimed at middle income earners that has done away with the most unpopular feature associated with these types ...

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s fund management arm Colonial First State Asset Management has announced a joint venture with China Cinda Asset Management Corporation...

Financial planning

Asgard Wealth Solutions and Macquarie have come out on top in this year’s Assirt/Wealth Insights Service Level Survey, voted by financial planners as being the best platf...

Financial planning

Colonial First State has stolen a march with its flagship FirstChoice platform, with the latest Assirt/Wealth Insights Service Level Survey revealing that it is being use...

Financial planning

Asgard and Macquarie have come out on top in this year’s Assirt/Wealth Insights Service Level Survey, voted by financial planners as the best platform provider and fund m...

Financial planning

The alpha hunter’s interest at Pimco is fixed on one thing - fixed interest. And according to Australian executive vice president John Wilson, this narrower focus gives P...

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Financial planning

Commonwealth Bank/Colonial First State (CBA/CFS) has topped a list of “Super Star” performers in the platform space for 2005 based on research that considered a combinati...

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